The 28-year-old from La Plata was a delivery man and had five children / web
The three members of the Buenos Aires Police refused to testify before the Court in the case investigating the murder of Néstor Ramón “Lito” Costilla, the 28-year-old La Plata delivery man and father of five children who died in October 2020.
As this newspaper reported in its print edition yesterday, the accused agents had turned themselves in when the arrest warrant was finalized by the Criminal Chamber, and they were arrested after an investigation by prosecutor Juan Cruz Condomí Alcorta, who is carrying out the investigation. case statement.
In this context, a little more than two years after the fateful event, Damián Antonio Aquino, Mauricio Rodríguez Medina and Sergio Ceferino Martínez are in custody, but have not yet provided a statement.
It should be remembered that the young man from La Plata, Costilla, died after losing control of his motorcycle in an episode in which the main hypothesis indicates that one of the suspected agents kicked him in the middle of a chase.
According to the investigation, the policemen, aboard official motorcycles and for no apparent reason, followed Costilla for several blocks, who was traveling in a Honda Wave.
They did it without beacons or sirens on, they caught up with him and locked him up on 524 Street between 121 and 120 Avenue.
The uniformed men, who were disaffected from the Force, are now accused of doubly qualified homicide, falsification of public documents and cover-up.
What does the arrest resolution say?
In the resolution that requires the arrest of the three Buenos Aires officers, to which this newspaper was able to access, judge Marcela Garmendia points out that “the motorcycle driven by one of the police officers catches up with the victim from behind, while the remaining occupied by the other two, she does so by standing side by side, on the right side, moments in which the companion of the latter kicks Costilla, which causes the victim to divert the course of his march.”
He concludes this excerpt with what later happens to the young man: “Rib, when diverting, hits a wooden public lighting pole and falls against the asphalt tape.”
Lastly, and in another passage of the document, it adds that “the conduct displayed by the police agents (…) clearly indicates that the three officers considered the death of Costilla to be a probable result and, accepting this, continued with their actions.” ”.
